Disentangling the negativity bias: 7-9-month-old crawling and non-crawling infants' responses to fearful and angry expressions.

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I would also like to thank the members of my Dissertation Committee for their guidance and feedback both during the dissertation proposal and defense processes. Thanks to my lab mates, past and present. Thanks to Dr. Nick Holt for never letting me take things too seriously. Thanks to Nonah Olesen for her cheerleading and emotional support. And thanks to Katie Kaufling for her constant positive attitude. Thanks to all of the undergraduate research assistants that have worked in the Infant Cognition Lab over the past 5.5 years, specifically Maddie, Malaya, and TiShauna. Without them my videos would never have gotten coded. Also, I greatly appreciate the local families who volunteered with their babies to participate in this study. I would also like to thank my teammates, the Derby City Roller Girls. Being able to participate in a contact sport does wonders for work and school frustrations. And finally, I would like to thank my family for their support-specifically Mom, Dad, and Edgar.